Rahul Mahajan's political future may be affected

Rahul Mahajan's hospitalisation early Friday morning may affect his political aspirations.

Rahul had only early this week expressed his desire to enter active politics when he had lunch at the Bharatiya Janata Party national executive in Delhi at the invitation of party chief Rajnath Singh. But, BJP leaders would not discuss the political implications of the developments saying this was not the time for it.

"I will do whatever the party president will ask me to do", Rahul had remarked to queries from reporters outside the executive meeting, the first meeting of top BJP leaders after the demise of his father Pramod Mahajan.

Reports had it that the BJP wanted to field him or his mother Rekha for the Rajya Sabha seat fallen vacant by the death of his father and had even sought the support of Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar. The plan could not succeed as the Congress, which has now emerged as the single largest party in Maharashtra, refused to play ball and dismissed suggestions of giving up the seat.

Congress leaders had then emphasised that there was no question of leaving the seat for BJP as the saffron party had not shown the magnanimity after the accidental deaths of Rajesh Pilot and Madhavrao Scindia.

They also pointed out that the BJP put up its candidate in the recent Lok Sabha bye-election from Rae Bareli when there was not even ghost of a chance.